Shark Bay (IRE)
Shark Bay (IRE) is 3 from 11. Hasn't won since Jul 2022. Every win has come on good or faster ground (0 from 5 on softer). Each win came on a first visit to the course. Last raced off a career-high mark of 98.
- 3–11Wins / Runs
- 27.3%Strike rate
- 6 (54.5%)Placed
- +1.85£1 level staken=11 at SP
- 1.53Fair A/E n=11 · 1.34 incl. margin
- 98Highest OR
- 44dAvg between runs
A/E compares actual wins with what starting prices implied. "Fair" strips the bookmaker margin from the expectation, so favourites and longshots are judged on the same footing — figures near 1.00 mean the market priced this horse about right.
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 119
How fast the horse ran, as points against the day-corrected standard time for its course and distance: 100 is the median GB Class 4 handicap winner on that code; one point is 0.1% of the standard time. A, B or C is how much the day's card could tell us, not how good the run was. What this means →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 5 | 119A | 107 | — |
| Good | 4 | 107C | 88.5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 103C | 86 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 5 | 119A | 107 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 3 | 69A | 57 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 107A | 96 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 11 figures from 11 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast
Both figures are KTB's own, computed from the archive; no vendor rating enters either. Every run's figure is on its form line below with its grade. Grades measure how much the archive could see, never the merit of the run.
Run style is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 11.2% of 5,658 runs since Jan 2008 (565 horses).
Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 6.5% from 108.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 13 | 3 | 23.1% | +11.9 | — |
| Good to Firm | 665 | 81 | 12.2% | +1 | 1 from 2 |
| Good | 1,505 | 165 | 11% | −0.2 | 2 from 4 |
| Good to Soft | 660 | 67 | 10.2% | −1 | — |
| Soft | 964 | 121 | 12.6% | +1.4 | 0 from 5 |
| Heavy | 324 | 29 | 9% | −2.2 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1,526 | 165 | 10.8% | −0.4 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 33 | 2 | 6.1% | −5.1 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 643 | 63 | 9.8% | −1.4 | 0 from 3 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,247 | 136 | 10.9% | −0.3 | 1 from 1 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2,089 | 267 | 12.8% | +1.6 | 2 from 5 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,172 | 129 | 11% | −0.2 | 0 from 2 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 355 | 26 | 7.3% | −3.9 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 108 | 7 | 6.5% | −4.7 | — |
| Over 3m | 11 | 1 | 9.1% | −2.1 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 28 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
3 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them It's A Heartbeat (IRE) (2 wins).
The wins came over 1m–1m4f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Kehailaan (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| It's A Heartbeat (IRE) | 6 | 2 | 1m4f | — |
| Kehailaan (IRE) | 6 | 1 | 1m | Class 5 |
| Saltwell (IRE) | 7 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Good | 4 | 2 | 50% | +6.75 |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.10 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curragh | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Galway | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gowran Park | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.10 |
| Killarney | 1 | 1 | 100% | +6.00 |
| Down Royal | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Navan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Naas | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cork | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.75 |
| Tipperary | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 5 | 2 | 40% | +5.75 |
| 6f – 7f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.10 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Lordan | 5 | 2 | 40% | +4.10 |
| Ryan Moore | 4 | 1 | 25% | −0.25 |
| Seamie Heffernan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 10 | 3 | 30% | +2.85 |
| Cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8 | 3 | 38% | +4.85 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
Splits include every sample, however small — muted rows are under 3 runs. A one-from-one record is a fact, not a trend: read the Runs column before the strike rate.
Form
Quick answers
- How many races has Shark Bay won?
- Shark Bay (IRE) won 3 of 11 archived starts between 2021 and 2022, a strike rate of 27.3%. Placed 6 times in total (54.5% of starts).
- Who trained Shark Bay?
- Shark Bay (IRE) was trained by A P O'Brien on the most recent run on record, at Curragh on 11 September 2022.
- Who is Shark Bay's sire?
- Shark Bay (IRE) is by Australia (GB) out of Defrost My Heart (IRE), whose sire is Fastnet Rock.
- What going does Shark Bay prefer?
- Shark Bay (IRE) has the best record on good going: 2 wins from 4 starts (50%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Shark Bay's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 98, from the run on 11 September 2022. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Shark Bay's sire's record?
- Australia (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.2% of 5,658 runs since Jan 2008 (565 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 6.5% from 108.
- Who are Shark Bay's siblings?
- Out of Defrost My Heart (IRE), Shark Bay (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: It's A Heartbeat (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Kehailaan (IRE)). The wins came over 1m–1m4f. As at Oct 2026.